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Texas foster care statistics for 2009
In 2009, there were 27,422 children in foster care in the state of Texas.
Of those numbers, there were 5,442 children in Region 3 (North Texas)
In 2009, there were 6,510,210 children between the ages of birth to 18 in the state of Texas and 1,795,971 in the North Texas region.
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Texas child deaths increased sharply in 2009
280 Texas children died as the result of child abuse and neglect in 2009 — up more than 30% from 2008.
The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services is still trying to figure out why.
According to one think tank, the reason is likely due to increased teen pregnancies and increased poverty — which seems very [...]
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Texas foster care statistics
As of 2008, there were 31,058 children in foster care in the state of Texas.
(Texas Department of Family and Protective Services – DFPS)
Of those numbers, there are approximately 6,000 children in Region 3 (North Texas)
In FY 2007, the average number of children removed per month was 1,327. For fiscal year 2008, the average was 1,191 [...]
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U2 360 Tour in Houston :: Videos
Matt got some pretty sweet videos from the U2 show on Wednesday night in Houston.
He’s posted two so far on YouTube, I grabbed another one and posted it on my Youtube channel.
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Buy our house video podcast (episode 2)
Well, I’m not sure our first episode of “Buy our house” should be considered a “success.”
We had 18 views on YouTube and 22 views on Vimeo (plus however many viewed it on Facebook).
Either way, we bring you episode 2 (with some odd audio sync problems)! We show off the new dining room table look [...]
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Laundry Love efforts this week
Thanks again to everyone for your continued support of our Laundry Love efforts.
This week is a great week for Laundry Love People in the Dallas area!
On Sunday afternoon, our friends in Waxahachie launched their first Laundry Love effort and I saw this update via Facebook:
Our laundry of love started off slow but after 5 pm [...]
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Buy our house video podcast (episode 1)
Thought we’d try a little short “video podcast” to highlight some of the great things about our house. We’ll try and post one at least once a week until the house sells (so in reality, we hope this will be our only one).
I shot this on my Blackberry Curve 8900 last night and pieced it [...]
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Red Oak home for sale :: Buy our house
We’re moving (well hopefully). We’re hoping to move to Forney/Mesquite area in order to be closer to our families.
If only we could take our house with us .
But since we can’t – we want you (or your friends or family or whomever) to buy it!
You’ll love it!
Check it out and then share with everyone!
Just [...]
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re: Immediate needs for helping Houston and Galveston
video footage and interview from The Work of the People ::
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A party I could/maybe/possibly/sometimes believe in…
The Texas Republican Party released their final platform for 2008… there’s a lot of things I think I could really get on board with. And yet there are still many things I think I could do without.
I could list lots of highlights on both sides of the line… but my cousins and Laurie have probably [...]
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